China is no longer the top security priority for the US, according to the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy.
The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China. n.pr/3LJ9XTx
-- NPR (@npr.org) Jan 24, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Today.
Tomorrow the Mad King most likely will feel differently.
Depending on what he ate last night.
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